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Jul 13, 2013

Penny Ur was awarded an OBE
(Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for
services to English Language Teaching earlier this year and as my last gig for the British Council I organised an event in her honour at the annual summer ETAI conference in Jerusalem. Knowing that events of
this kind can easily slide into a sentimental outpouring of endless congratulations
and knowing that Penny is not the kind of person who would like that, we were
keen to keep it professional, elegant and not too gooey (Amanda Caplan,
personal communication, 22 March 2013).

Jul 1, 2013

Do your students often say "it's depend..." or things like "it's not cost much..."? Do you think they need more grammar review and practice? Hardly. Perhaps you should draw their attention to the most common expressions that follow these patterns.

This exercise, inspired by Dave Willis, draws students' attention to common expressions with: it _____s and it doesn't ______. Suitable for Pre-intermediate students and up. Correct answers on the second page.

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Hello and welcome to my blog!This originally started as an ELT resources blog focusing on lexical activities but with time I also started posting thoughts and reflections (or rather rants) on language teaching in general. I still post activities which can be found under the tab called For the classroom - feel free to use them with your students. Whether you use one of my activities or read one of my more reflective posts, please do drop a comment. Good to have you here!